Training goals for the last weekend before the event: Have fun, get a good workout, don’t get hurt.
It had rained all week, so Mount Diablo, which would normally be on the schedule, was out, based on our experience last year with bay mud out there. We did Dimond/Joaquin Miller last week, so we went for Soquel Demo, which has two grinding climbs, good drainage, and skippable injury risks.
Ostensibly inspired by a visit from our friend DAvid (turned out he couldn’t make this ride), we headed down to Soquel Demo for a celebration of Braille Trail. We had a good crew, with Bevan pushing Chris and the rest of us to do more trials, and an appearance by Ricardo (it’s been too long!)
Ben Soja, one of the top MUni downhillers in the world, was visiting Santa Cruz for a conference, so Corbin called a ride. We wound up with a great crew, a dozen riders on a chilly but beautiful day. The ground was super-soft, but unfortunately for Ricardo and Chris, the wood wasn’t. Ricardo won Best
Nathan had a three-sport party (disc golf, road riding, and MUni), plus beer and homemade pizza (thanks Massimo and Tim!) Great weather, great riding. Dragon won Best Biff both days, of course.
